Publications by authors named "Ruba Hassan"
Article Synopsis
- * A case study details a 77-year-old woman with essential thrombocytosis who, after 20 weeks on low-dose hydroxyurea, experienced an unexpected change in hair color from gray to dark brown, along with other skin changes.
- * The patient's side effect was monitored without intervention since she was pleased with the new hair color, suggesting that hydroxyurea may have both therapeutic benefits and unexpected aesthetic effects due to melanocyte activation.
Introduction: Careful adverse event assessment and management are important when prescribing immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) to cancer patients. Iatrogenic Sjogren's syndrome is a relatively rare immune-related adverse event (irAEs) that affects the moisture-producing glands.
Methods: We describe a series of four patients who developed Sjogren's syndrome while being treated with ICIs at a community cancer center in Southern California, USA (1/1/2017-12/31/2023).